You could also set the super/subscript part of the expression in a separate text box (top number [return] bottom number) and then insert it as an inline graphic, adjusting up or down as necessary. It would be easy to change the size of the numbers and leading and to cut and paste, etc.

This is also handy if you need to insert a line with some small type below it, like an underline for a name or date with the word “name” or “date” under. It's much easier than trying to put the word on a separate line and get it aligned with the underline above.

As a related hint, if you want to apply a character style to one or more words (but not always the same number of words) at the beginning of a paragraph but don't have a comma as the stopping point, here are two ways to do it:

1. Use the Drop Caps and Nested Styles to apply the opening style “through 1 Word” and then put non-breaking spaces between each pair of words you want to include in the style. ID will consider all the words connected by the non-breaking spaces as one word and apply the style to all.

2. Use the Drop Caps and Nested Styles to apply the opening style “through 1 non-breaking space” and then insert a non-breaking space where you want the style to stop.

Thanks for asking this question—it made me figure out a way to make my work easier.

Sue

I almost always use one file, but most of the books I do are all text or text with a few pictures, 200-300 pages. I did use the book feature for a book of over 700 pages, splitting it into three pieces. (FYI, that book had a large index and it worked great across all three books, but I was biting my fingernails waiting for it to compile.)

I've heard that if your book may be turned into an e-book it's better to use the book feature with one chapter per book. Does anyone know about that? (Maybe that's for another thread.)

Also, although most of my books have chapters starting on right hand (odd) pages, is it a problem to have one chapter per book if some chapters start on left hand (even) pages?

Jennie said:

Oh, the stories I can tell!!!

I have been forced to add “This page intentionally left blank” to many publications. The worst ever was that I had to create a page with nothing but the number 14 in the page number position because “people might think that we forgot to print a page” and we can't have that.

Chicago Manual of Style actually has information on correctly numbering pages…I love that book. (I know, its a book, therefore I love it…but this one is always within arms reach of my work station).

Unfortunately, I sometimes lose the page number battle because of my location on the organizational food chain.

This was a great question. I wish that the correct answer(s) was/were taught as part of basic writing, language, and literature courses.

I've had clients who didn't understand the concept that sheets of paper have two sides. They insisted on starting chapters on righthand pages, but when I sent them a printout or even a PDF (with some chapter-ending lefthand pages blank), they said, “I'm not going to pay for all those blank pages! Take them out!